Popular baby names in New York, 1960

The most popular baby names in New York in 1960 were Mary for girls (4,630 babies) and Michael for boys (8,921). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 347,141 babies born in New York in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1960

Names given at least 15 times in New York that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ivette: 120 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Milagros: 119 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Maritza: 158 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Migdalia: 149 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lourdes: 137 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Luz: 108 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Madeline: 206 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Annmarie: 125 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Miriam: 329 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Roseann: 134 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 129 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dominick: 202 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 293 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Angel: 300 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Julio: 140 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Seth: 132 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rafael: 195 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Luis: 437 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gerard: 415 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alberto: 143 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	4,630	–	1
2	Susan	4,280	–	2
3	Patricia	3,542	↑1	7
4	Donna	3,527	↓1	5
5	Linda	3,201	–	3
6	Karen	3,195	–	4
7	Lisa	2,818	↑5	6
8	Nancy	2,642	–	15
9	Barbara	2,590	–	12
10	Elizabeth	2,429	↑1	18
11	Deborah	2,421	↓4	10
12	Kathleen	2,336	↓2	27
13	Debra	2,045	↑1	8
14	Diane	2,025	↓1	22
15	Cynthia	1,712	↑1	9
16	Laura	1,703	↑3	25
17	Carol	1,677	↓2	23
18	Sandra	1,534	↑3	11
19	Denise	1,503	↓1	29
20	Sharon	1,488	↓3	16
21	Lori	1,471	↑4	20
22	Margaret	1,447	↓2	36
23	Theresa	1,439	–	35
24	Robin	1,352	–	33
25	Christine	1,302	↑5	40
26	Cheryl	1,278	↓4	17
27	Maria	1,275	–	59
28	Catherine	1,232	↑1	42
29	Pamela	1,187	↓3	14
30	Laurie	1,117	↑11	37
31	Janet	1,111	↓3	32
32	Ann	1,106	↓1	51
33	Kim	1,088	↑2	34
34	Joanne	1,004	↓2	99
35	Brenda	1,001	↑10	13
36	Maureen	993	–	>100
37	Ellen	967	↑1	94
38	Michelle	939	↑6	39
39	Michele	923	↑1	89
40	Debbie	921	↓7	24
41	Eileen	888	↓4	>100
42	Kathy	888	↓8	21
43	Anne	883	↓1	88
44	Dawn	881	↑4	57
45	Cindy	802	↓6	30
46	Teresa	780	new	19
47	Amy	766	new	77
48	Lynn	750	↓1	64
49	Suzanne	750	new	78
50	Wendy	739	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	8,921	↑1	2
2	John	8,332	↓1	4
3	Robert	7,424	–	5
4	David	6,599	↑1	1
5	James	6,402	↓1	3
6	Thomas	4,880	↑2	9
7	William	4,834	–	7
8	Richard	4,693	↓2	8
9	Joseph	4,652	–	12
10	Mark	4,219	–	6
11	Steven	3,301	–	10
12	Kevin	2,873	–	15
13	Anthony	2,860	↑1	25
14	Paul	2,784	↓1	18
15	Daniel	2,600	↑1	17
16	Peter	2,363	↓1	42
17	Timothy	2,348	–	11
18	Jeffrey	2,328	–	14
19	Kenneth	2,142	↑2	16
20	Charles	2,123	↓1	13
21	Edward	2,100	↓1	26
22	Christopher	2,094	↑5	29
23	Brian	2,029	↓1	20
24	Stephen	1,969	↓1	27
25	Frank	1,764	↓1	40
26	Scott	1,748	↑3	23
27	Donald	1,676	↓1	19
28	Ronald	1,656	↓3	21
29	George	1,563	↓1	33
30	Gary	1,484	–	22
31	Gregory	1,433	–	24
32	Andrew	1,303	↑4	51
33	Douglas	1,170	↓1	30
34	Eric	1,156	↑1	44
35	Raymond	1,138	↓1	46
36	Patrick	1,113	↓3	45
37	Dennis	963	↑1	31
38	Bruce	937	↓1	39
39	Vincent	925	↑2	98
40	Keith	909	↓1	35
41	Lawrence	867	↓1	64
42	Jose	844	↑4	>100
43	Matthew	820	↑1	61
44	Craig	804	↑4	41
45	Alan	803	↓3	50
46	Louis	778	↓1	>100
47	Philip	761	↓4	76
48	Wayne	645	↓1	58
49	Edwin	605	↑1	>100
50	Glenn	602	new	74

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